General Question

Vegan Lifestyle: How are the foods made?

How are foods like vegan cheese, fake bacon and fake chicken comprised? How does vegan cheese achieve a melting texture? Are there a bunch of chemicals that make this happen? Are these chemicals harmful?

I’ve found that truly vegan “cheese” doesn’t melt very well. The protein that makes cheese so superbly melty, casein, is derived from milk, and added to some soy “cheese” to make it melt, but that wouldn’t be very vegan, eh?